Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or on the right;
- Example: "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"- Example: "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"2.
preferring to use right foot or hand or eye;
- Example: "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From Dexter.]
Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
[1913 Webster]
Dextral shell (Zool.), a spiral shell the whorls of which
turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when
the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dextral
adj 1: of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the
apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the
observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye
uppermost" [ant: sinistral]
2: preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral
individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dextral":
clockwise, conservative, dexter, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral,
dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal,
dextrorotary, dextrorse, off, reactionary, right, right-hand,
right-wing, right-wingish, starboard